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Perhaps no single weather-related phenomenon has caused more dread and consternation than the tornado. Of an annual average of eight hundred tornadoes that are reported in the United States, most occur in "tornado alley," a corridor that extends from north Texas through the Sooner State, north through Kansas and Nebraska, and east into Iowa.
Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico pushes north, even warmer air blows in from the southwest, and cold polar air surges eastward from the Rocky Mountains. When these air masses mix, the resulting thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Oklahoma's unique geographical location in the "eye" of tornado alley increases the likelihood of twisters. While they can occur in any month, most happen from April through June. In a historical study meteorologists at the National Severe Storm Laboratory at Norman analyzed weather and damage data from more than ten thousand tornadoes occurring between and and created computer models of the probability of twisters striking areas across the nation.
The study pinpointed Pontotoc County in southeastern Oklahoma as the most likely spot for a tornado in the United States. Early settlers of Oklahoma often had little, if any, warning of incoming "cyclones. More often than not, the tornado hit without warning. For example, on the morning of March 30, , a ferocious tornado suddenly swooped down on the small Oklahoma Territory community of Chandler in present Lincoln County. A group of rowdies had been passing the time at Elmer's Saloon when the storm twisted its path over the wooden structure.
At the peak of the storm the winds dislodged the establishment's walls, causing the roof to collapse on the patrons. One of the customers crawled out from under the debris, turned to the bartender, and asked, "Elmer, whoinell started that fight?
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